Valve structure.



H. CHRISMAN. VALVE STRUCTURE. APPLICATIQN FILED OCT- 30, l9l2.

Patented June 13, 1916.

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'H. CHRISMAN.

VALVE STRUCTURE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 30, 1912.

Patented June 13, 1916.

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VALVE STRUCTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 13, 1916.

Original application filed August 29, 1910, Serial No. 579,504. Divided and this application filed October 30, 1912. Serial No. 728,698.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE CHRISMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Edgewood Park, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have made a new and useful Invention in Valve Structures of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to meters and is a division of application filed by me in the United States Patent Oflice Aug. 29, 1910 and given Serial Number 579,504.

One object of the invention is to produce an improved meter system for registering the small or normal flows andalso the large or abnormal flows traversing a water main employed for ordinary distribution purposes and also for fire service.

A further object is to produce means for positively rendering one of the meters inoperative, while the other meter in such a system is operating.

A further object is to produce a meter system, employing a meter adapted to move from an operative to an inoperative position and vice versa, and in which improved means are employed for holding the meter in the operative position during normal flows.

These and other objects I attain by means of a meter system embodying the features herein described and illustrated.

In the drawings accompanying this appli cation and forming a part thereof, Figure 1 is a plan view of a meter system embodying my invention, in which the meters, included in the system, are shown with the top covers removed and in which portions are shown broken away and in section for convenience of illustration;

Figure 2 is a section along the line 2'2 of Figure 1; the small flow meter being shown with the cover removed for convenience of illustration. 1

Figure 3 is a fragmental sectional view the line 22 on still a larger scale and discloses the drip or air valve illustrated in Figure 3. 1

Figure 5 is a transverse section along the line 55 of Figure 1 and illustrates the arrangement of ports in the proportional meter.

Figure 6 is a fragmental section along the line 6-6 of Figure 3.

In the drawings I have illustrated my invention in connection with a meter system employinga positive resisting meter 6 and a proportional meter 7 so arranged that one meter is rendered inoperative, when the other is operating. The positive registering meter 6 is so located that it intercepts the small or normal flows of water and causes them to pass through it. It is also so arranged that it will swing from its normal or operative position to an inoperative position during large or heavy flows and thereby render itself inoperative and the proportional meter operative.

A casing 8 incloses the meter 6 and is provided with a flanged outlet port 11 and a flange 9 terminating in an inlet port 10. The meter 6 is suspended in a chamber 12 located within the casing 8 and is so arranged that it normally shuts ofi free communication between the chamber 12 and the inlet port 10. The meter shown is of the wabble disk type but it will be apparent that any type of registering meter may be 'are provided on the disk 13 and the meter is suspended by means of them on pins 16 and 17 which are suitably mounted in lugs or brackets formed integrally with the casing 8. An opening is formed through the disk 13 and is covered by a cap 18 which may be formed integrally with the disk and which is so constructed that it forms a shield for the inlet port of the meter 6. The cap 18 is provided with a port 19 which is controlled by an automatically actuated valve 21 and forms a means of communication between the port 10 and the inlet port of the meter. The valve '21 is more or less stirrup shaped, is mounted on the cap 18, and is provided with a finger 22 which is adapted to engage a lug 23 located on'the interior of the casing 8, and to move the valve to its open position as'the meter 6 swings into its normal position against the sleeve 14. A spring 24 is carried by the cap 18 and operates to move the valve 21 to'close the port 19 when the meter moves from its normal position and the finger 22 is moved away from the lug 23. y The out-let port of the meter 6 communicates with the chamber 12 and consequently the water traversing the casing during normal flows is received by the meter 6 from one side of the disk 13 and, after having traversed the meter passages, is discharged into the chamber 12 on the other side of the to atmospheric pressure and thereby ren dering the water pressure in the chamber 12 more effective in holding the meter'in the normal position. To. this end, I provide a recess 26 in the sleeve 14 and connect it with the atmosphere by means of a passage 27 and a suitablepipe. A gasket 13 is provided on the disk 13, and is held in placeby' any suitable means and is adapted to seal the oint between the disk and the sleeve 14,and also to close the recess 26 when the disk is seated on the flange; With this arrangement, the

closing pressure exerted on the disk 13 preponderates over the opening'pressure to such an extent that quite a drop of pressure may be encountered in the chamber 12 before the water pressure in the flange 9 is sufficient to overcome the closing pressure and to swing the meter aboutits mounting pins 16 and 17 and provide a substantially unobstructed passage through the casing 8.

I provide a valve in the passage 27 which is so arranged that it establishes communication between the recess 26 and the atmose phere when the meter 6 is in the normal position and shuts off communication between the recess and the atmosphere when the 'meter is moved to the inoperative position.

The valve shown, consists of a pliinger 28, the rear portion of which is of greater diameter than the forward portion and is 10- .cated'in a cylindrical recess 29 provided in or otherwise removing a portion of the cylindrical surface of the'forward part of the plunger, as shown at 31. The shoulder formed by the difference in diameter between the forward and the rear portions of the plunger is adapted to seaton the bushing 30, when the disk 13 uncovers the recess 26 and to thereby prevent the leakage of water between the plunger and the bushing and from the chamber 12 through the passage 27. 7 An opening 32 7 extends longitudinally through the plunger and is adapted to de liver water from the chamber 12'to the cylindrical recess 29 back of the plunger when I the disk 13 is raised from the sleeve 14. The

water pressure admitted through this open ing operates to move the valve to its seat on the bushing. The valve in coming to its seat on the bushing. moves the forward end of the plunger beyond the sleeve 14 so that the valve will be unseated and move back to open the passage between the bushing and the plunger and to establish communication between the passage 27 and the recess 26, when the disk 13 seats on the sleeve 14. With such an arrangement, the recess 26 is exposed to atmospheric pressure when the meter 6 is the operative position and water is prevented from leaking from the chamber 12, when the meter is in the inoperative position. The induction meter 7 is located in a substantially cylindrical off-set formed integrally with the flange 9 andcommunicat' ing with the interior of the flange. A passage 34 is located between the casing of the meter 7 and the cylindrical wall of the offset, and extending almost entirely around the meter 'casingycommunicates with an inlet port 36 of the casing. The upper portion'of portion is open throughout the greater portion of its length, thus providing free communication between the inlet port 10 of the casing 8 and the inlet port 36 of the meter.

A screen 37 is mounted in any suitable manner on the casing-8 and is located be tween the meter and the'passage formed by the flange 9.

- The outlet'port 38 of the meter 7 is located adjacent to the inlet port 36 and communicates with a semi-annularv passage 39 formed in the sleeve 14, through a short pas-- sage 40 formed: in the wall of the; off-set. The outlet'end of the passage 39 is controlled by the disk 13' of the swinging meter 6 and communicates with .the chamber 12 when the meter 6'swings to aninoperative position. 7130 The gasket 13 covers the delivery end of the passage 39 when the meter 6 is in the operative position, and therefore prevents a flow of water through the meter 8; or, in other words, renders the meter 7 inoperative during the operation of the meter 6.

The sleeve 14 is so formed that it decreases the cross-sectional area of the passage through the flange 9 at a point indicated by the numeral 42; and the meter 7 is arranged to record the flow of water traversing it, which is induced by the reduction of pressure caused by the decrease in cross-sectional area of the stream passing through the flange 9. The induced flow through the meter will vary proportionately to the amount of flow through the flange 9 and consequently the entire flow may either be registered by the meter 7 or be ascertained from the registration of the amount of water actually traversing the meter.

The operation of the meter system is as follows:

During small flows, the meter 6 is held in the operative position by the water pressure in the chamber 12, as has been described. The valve 19 is open and the disk 13 is held firmly against the sleeve 14; consequently all the water traversing the casing 8 must pass through the meter 6 and be registered by it. As the demand on the main, in which the casing 8 is located, increasesthat is as the valves in the distributing system are openedthe pressure in the chamber 12 decreases until it reaches a determined pressure, such that the water pressure in the flange 9 preponderates and swings the meter 6 out of the operative position and provides a substantially unobstructed passage through the casing. The meter 6 is held in this inoperativeposition by the force of the flow through the casing. The water traversing the'passage 9 under such conditions induces a flow of water through the meter 7 and out through the passage 39, which is proportional to the flow through the casing 8. As the demand for water decreases, the pressure in the chamber 12 increases and the flow decreases; and at some determined flow through the inlet 10, the meter 6 moves by its own weight and shuts off direct communication between the inlet port 10 and the chamber 12. As soon as the meter is in the operative position normal pressure conditions are established and subject to pressure on both sides when closed, a seat for the valve provided with a passage communicating with the atmosphere, and a second valve controlling said passage, said valve being shifted by the main valve in its movement, all so arranged that the said passage is never normally in communication with the main.

2. In combination with a casing provided with an inlet port and a discharge port, a main valve for closing one of said ports subject to pressure on both sides when closed, a seat for the valve provided with a passage communicating with the atmos phere whereby to establish a differential of pressure on the faces of the valve, and a second valve controlling said passage pressure actuated in one direction from pressure within the casing and positively actuated in the other direction by the main valve in its movement, all so arranged that the said passage is never normally in communication with the main.

3. In combination, a casing for liquid flow having a port and a passage in communication with the atmosphere, a valve seat adjacent thereto, a valve disk for closing said port and adapted to seat on said valve seat, said valve seat being provided with a port communicating with said passage to expose a portion of said disk to atmospheric pressure and said disk being subject to pressure on opposite sides when in closed position, and a valve in said passage nor mally yieldingly held in closed position when the disk is unseated and positively moved to open position when the valve is seated to establish communication with the 7 atmosphere and secure a difi'erential of pres- HORACE CHRISMAN. Witnesses:

ADA RoMIG, G. F. MGGHEE.

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